Cnetizens: This is my philosophy of love (cr 金城六zy6)
Legend has it that between you and your destined true love, there’s an invisible red string tied around both your fingers—tied there by Yue Lao月老(the Old Man under the Moon). This red string will lead you to each other. Just like this:
So in Chinese, 果 = fruit /consequence, and 苦果kǔguǒ means a bitter karmic fruit—the painful result of your own choices, which you must accept. 缘yuán means cause/dependent origination/connection/bond/fate between people, every connection is written in fate. Zhengyuan正缘 is the Right Fate — the one that heals, fits, and lasts a lifetime. Nieyuan孽缘 is the Twisted Fate — the one that obsesses, burns, and teaches you a painful lesson. That’s why people use "zhengyuan" (right fate) to describe true love that makes you a better person, and "nieyuan" (doomed/twisted fate) to refer to a bad romance that makes you obsessed yet breaks your heart.
